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Thu, October 28, 2021 | 07:18

Plastic Art Seoul fair draws interest from new collectors

With a recent surge in interest in the art market and an influx of new, young collectors, local art fairs have been enjoying a rare boom this year. Against this backdrop, the Plastic Art Seoul (PLAS) fair is currently being held at COEX in Gangnam District.

2021-05-18 18:23

Stones as symbol of the spiritual and nature in conceptual artist Park Hyun-ki's works

Park Hyun-ki (1942-2000) was a pioneering video and conceptual artist of the latter half of the 20th century in Korea, alongside towering figure Nam June Paik. However, beyond his well-known identity as a video artist, lies a vast body of creative work spanning nearly three decades, notably involving the use of stones as a symbol of the spiritual in nature.

2021-05-18 09:09

Exhibition wrestles with ongoing presence of 'Western art' in Korean contemporary art

Aesthetic forms and themes from outside Korea have been influencing and mixing with Korean art for centuries. As Korea underwent colonial occupation, modernization and development from the late 19th to late 20th centuries, views of “Western art” have run the gamut from uncritical embrace and acceptance, to resistance and reversion to nativist forms. To this day, the complex r...

2021-05-17 08:57

Art Busan fair kicks off

Art Busan, the largest art fair in Korea, kicked off Thursday at BEXCO Exhibition Center in the southeastern city of Busan, featuring 110 renowned local and international galleries from 10 countries. Founded in 2012, the 10th edition of the four-day fair began with a press and VIP preview session and will be open to the public until Sunday.

2021-05-13 16:46

[INTERVIEW] Creative spontaneity realized through memory in Kim Jung-gi's live drawings

On a vast stretch of blank paper, the black tip of an ink brush moves freely and spontaneously with no sign of hesitation. The 10-meter-wide empty white space is gradually filled up with distinct scenes of both fantasy and reality: wolves fiercely biting into an endless string that extends across the canvas, naked rows of human bodies partially covered with animal hides and a...

2021-05-13 09:18

SeMA Bunker exhibition brings forth nameless laborers in Korea's modern history

Although the exact number of Korean laborers Japan forcibly mobilized during its 1910-45 colonization of Korea varies according to historians, the Japanese government in 1947 acknowledged that some 7 million were drafted to work in coal mines, on military construction sites and in mineral fields across East and Southeast Asia. Among them, mineworkers constituted the majority.

2021-05-12 17:02

'Dansaekhwa' artist Ha Chong-hyun holds exhibition in New York

“Dansaekhwa” artist Ha Chong-hyun, 86, is exhibiting his latest works showcasing his “relationship with color” at Tina Kim Gallery in New York through June 30. Ha is one of the leading members of the “Dansaekhwa” or monochrome painting movement in Korea, which began in the 1970s.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2021-05-12 13:22

Choi Young-chang named chairman of Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation

The Cultural Heritage Administration has named Choi Young-chang as new chairman of the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, according to the organization Monday. Choi, a former reporter for daily Munhwa Ilbo newspaper (1992-2013), research chief at the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation (2013-2015) and director of the Jinju National Museum (2015-2020), will lead the ...

Park Ji-won | 2021-05-11 09:12

Late Samsung chairman's 1,500-piece art collection unveiled to public

To Lee Jung-seob, one of the most iconic modern painters of Korea, a cow was much more than a common farm animal found in rural communities. Serving as one of the central themes in his work, the creature was a symbol of Korea's - or Joseon's - national identity and spirit under Japanese colonial rule. The cattle in Lee's “White Ox” straining to take a step forward describes t...

2021-05-07 18:02

Painter-cum-miner portrays dark tales

Hwang Jai-hyoung's "Hwangji 330" is the artist's tribute to a miner whose life was cut short in a tragic mining accident in the 1980s. In Hwang's painting, the dead man's uniform is wrinkled and torn. The ID card clipped on the pocket of the worn-out jacket gives little information about its owner, as his face remains blurry and is faded to reflect that much time has passed s...

2021-05-07 09:14

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